Sybarite:We do not believe that arming administrators and teachers is the right solution to ensure the safety of our schools

I say arm the creepy janitor. Then everyone will stay in line.

If I may indulge into CSB territory...

Our high school janitor really was that creepy guy. Tall, gaunt face, long bony fingers, old yet not a spot of grey... He only once smiled in the presence of any students. We were in the lunch room, and two guys got into a fight in the middle of the cafeteria. One guy tossed over the table, and the other ended up with a broken tooth. While the lunch ladies and one teacher tried to get past everyone to break it up there was Janitor Joesph, who was the closest and as far as we could tell the first authority figure to actually see the fight start, not having moved from his spot and the biggest, scariest looking grin I've ever seen. Yellowed teeth from either 40 years of smoking or a lifetime of eating the rotting souls of this world's damned, and just... Silently laughing.

Still creeps my friends and I out to think about it. It's like he was feeding on it like the slime from Ghostbusters 2.

when i was in high school, we had someone with a gun. he was a cop. in uniform. there everyday.

that was the 90s.

this is merely a way to get at least one person from every school to buy a gun. so, that's increase in sales. then, as guns are more common, this new market of soccer mom is going to be buying guns. this is marketing. the NRA is the best lobby every. i want to start selling guns. for as long as the NRA keeps the kool-aid flowing, gun sellers are going to get insanely rich.

/ this is not for or against that amendment. i don't care. this is just a lesson for all you marketing and business strategists. the NRA wrote the book.

Shadowknight:Sybarite: We do not believe that arming administrators and teachers is the right solution to ensure the safety of our schools

I say arm the creepy janitor. Then everyone will stay in line.

If I may indulge into CSB territory...

Our high school janitor really was that creepy guy. Tall, gaunt face, long bony fingers, old yet not a spot of grey... He only once smiled in the presence of any students. We were in the lunch room, and two guys got into a fight in the middle of the cafeteria. One guy tossed over the table, and the other ended up with a broken tooth. While the lunch ladies and one teacher tried to get past everyone to break it up there was Janitor Joesph, who was the closest and as far as we could tell the first authority figure to actually see the fight start, not having moved from his spot and the biggest, scariest looking grin I've ever seen. Yellowed teeth from either 40 years of smoking or a lifetime of eating the rotting souls of this world's damned, and just... Silently laughing.

Still creeps my friends and I out to think about it. It's like he was feeding on it like the slime from Ghostbusters 2.

For some reason, this guy was the first thing that popped in my head after I read that...

"Does anyone know the name of the country the Nazis first invaded in 1939? JOHNNY?""What?""What country you from?""What?""WHAT AIN'T NO COUNTRY I EVER HEARD OF. THEY SPEAK ENGLISH IN WHAT?""What?""English motherf*cker DO YOU SPEAK IT?""Yes!""Then you know what I am saying?""Yes!""Describe what Hitler looks like.""What?""Say what again. SAY WHAT again! I dare you, I double dare you motherf*cker! Say what one more time."

pute kisses like a man:when i was in high school, we had someone with a gun. he was a cop. in uniform. there everyday.

that was the 90s.

this is merely a way to get at least one person from every school to buy a gun. so, that's increase in sales. then, as guns are more common, this new market of soccer mom is going to be buying guns. this is marketing. the NRA is the best lobby every. i want to start selling guns. for as long as the NRA keeps the kool-aid flowing, gun sellers are going to get insanely rich.

/ this is not for or against that amendment. i don't care. this is just a lesson for all you marketing and business strategists. the NRA wrote the book.

When i was in high school in the 90s there were lot of people there were guns. They were the teachers and students. Officially of course it was frowned on and anybody who got caught got in trouble but you know what? We never had any trouble with gangs or school shootings unless you count the one shop teacher that accidentally shot himself in his foot while working on his gun. I'll grant you this was in Tennessee and some of those guns were used for hunting on the way to and from school, lots of them were dumb kids trying to impress friends, and most of them weren't loaded. I believe the school even had a shooting team at the time even though it isn't listed now. The student handbook even listed info for how to bring a weapon into the school and check it for after school/club activities and pick it up later.

Hacker_X:pute kisses like a man: when i was in high school, we had someone with a gun. he was a cop. in uniform. there everyday.

that was the 90s.

this is merely a way to get at least one person from every school to buy a gun. so, that's increase in sales. then, as guns are more common, this new market of soccer mom is going to be buying guns. this is marketing. the NRA is the best lobby every. i want to start selling guns. for as long as the NRA keeps the kool-aid flowing, gun sellers are going to get insanely rich.

/ this is not for or against that amendment. i don't care. this is just a lesson for all you marketing and business strategists. the NRA wrote the book.

When i was in high school in the 90s there were lot of people there were guns. They were the teachers and students. Officially of course it was frowned on and anybody who got caught got in trouble but you know what? We never had any trouble with gangs or school shootings unless you count the one shop teacher that accidentally shot himself in his foot while working on his gun. I'll grant you this was in Tennessee and some of those guns were used for hunting on the way to and from school, lots of them were dumb kids trying to impress friends, and most of them weren't loaded. I believe the school even had a shooting team at the time even though it isn't listed now. The student handbook even listed info for how to bring a weapon into the school and check it for after school/club activities and pick it up later.

When I was in school, the kids that could drive often had shotguns and rifles on gun racks in their trucks. It was just normal. I don't recall anyone carrying one into the school. Times change though.

Would also like to know how would a teacher keep the gun handy in case of an emergency, and it still be secured from students.

Hacker_X:The student handbook even listed info for how to bring a weapon into the school and check it for after school/club activities and pick it up later.

That's when you are dealing with reasonable, responsible, sane people. They respect others and understand why there are rules that should be followed. Except for accidents, they don't hurt people with guns.

Some mentally ill people and criminals don't care about others, don't follow rules and should not have guns. There are laws prohibiting them from having guns, but they won't obey the law. The penalties for using guns in crimes do not deter their use of guns, just make it easier to punish them after the fact.

whosits_112:stonicus: Gun nuts... ugh... It makes me sad that so many people have this sick fetish of wanting to kill another human being...

Not all gun owners are nuts. Do I own a few? Yes. Do I want to kill anyone? No. Is this law stupid? You bet your ass it is stupid. Seriously, Florida, WTF?

Duh. I never said gun owners. I said gun nuts. You're not a gun nut? Then I wasn't speaking about you...

I just hate those people who are all like, "I sleep with my .45 under my pillow... I can't wait for some punk to try to break into my house so I can show em what's what!" People like that make me sick.

Shadowknight:Sybarite: We do not believe that arming administrators and teachers is the right solution to ensure the safety of our schools

I say arm the creepy janitor. Then everyone will stay in line.

If I may indulge into CSB territory...

Our high school janitor really was that creepy guy. Tall, gaunt face, long bony fingers, old yet not a spot of grey... He only once smiled in the presence of any students. We were in the lunch room, and two guys got into a fight in the middle of the cafeteria. One guy tossed over the table, and the other ended up with a broken tooth. While the lunch ladies and one teacher tried to get past everyone to break it up there was Janitor Joesph, who was the closest and as far as we could tell the first authority figure to actually see the fight start, not having moved from his spot and the biggest, scariest looking grin I've ever seen. Yellowed teeth from either 40 years of smoking or a lifetime of eating the rotting souls of this world's damned, and just... Silently laughing.

Still creeps my friends and I out to think about it. It's like he was feeding on it like the slime from Ghostbusters 2.

Brrrr... That gave me chills. You should hang on to that one for the Fark Halloween thread.

Shadowknight:Sybarite: We do not believe that arming administrators and teachers is the right solution to ensure the safety of our schools

I say arm the creepy janitor. Then everyone will stay in line.

If I may indulge into CSB territory...

Our high school janitor really was that creepy guy. Tall, gaunt face, long bony fingers, old yet not a spot of grey... He only once smiled in the presence of any students. We were in the lunch room, and two guys got into a fight in the middle of the cafeteria. One guy tossed over the table, and the other ended up with a broken tooth. While the lunch ladies and one teacher tried to get past everyone to break it up there was Janitor Joesph, who was the closest and as far as we could tell the first authority figure to actually see the fight start, not having moved from his spot and the biggest, scariest looking grin I've ever seen. Yellowed teeth from either 40 years of smoking or a lifetime of eating the rotting souls of this world's damned, and just... Silently laughing.

Still creeps my friends and I out to think about it. It's like he was feeding on it like the slime from Ghostbusters 2.

pkellmey:The only missing step is to actually help the kids exercise their constitutional rights with mandatory gun training classes so they hit what they are aiming at and all will be well in the world.

Not a bad idea, actually. Train them young so all the mystique of the forbidden fruit goes away.

stonicus:whosits_112: stonicus: Gun nuts... ugh... It makes me sad that so many people have this sick fetish of wanting to kill another human being...

Not all gun owners are nuts. Do I own a few? Yes. Do I want to kill anyone? No. Is this law stupid? You bet your ass it is stupid. Seriously, Florida, WTF?

Duh. I never said gun owners. I said gun nuts. You're not a gun nut? Then I wasn't speaking about you...

I just hate those people who are all like, "I sleep with my .45 under my pillow... I can't wait for some punk to try to break into my house so I can show em what's what!" People like that make me sick.

washington-babylon:pkellmey: The only missing step is to actually help the kids exercise their constitutional rights with mandatory gun training classes so they hit what they are aiming at and all will be well in the world.

Not a bad idea, actually. Train them young so all the mystique of the forbidden fruit goes away.